OMRON Acquires NHK Spring's Optical Communications Components Business
OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, US: OMRNY),a global leader in automation, sensing and control technologies, announced today that it has reached a preliminary agreement with NHK Spring Co., Ltd. to acquire NHK Spring's FTTH(1) optical coupler business. NHK Spring's optical coupler business includes the component micro-fabrication technologies and film deposition technologies required to produce high-performance quartz optical waveguides(2), as well as the development, manufacture, and sale of optical coupler modules(3) that incorporate these optical waveguides. NHK Spring is a top supplier of optical couplers in North America, with total sales of 1.3 billion yen in fiscal 2005. OMRON, as the first company in the world to commercialize an optical coupler module incorporating proprietary stacked polymer optical waveguide technology(4), expects to enjoy substantial synergies through this acquisition.
AdventNet Rolls Out SQLOne Database Search Engine
AdventNet Inc., the leading provider of the most affordable and feature-rich software solutions for databases, networks and systems management, today announced the immediate availability of SQLOne Database Search Engine. SQLOne enables users to effortlessly search for relevant business information simultaneously across multiple databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL. The web-based, keyword-driven search engine empowers users to access business critical information as easily as they would search the Internet.
STMicroelectronics Debuts 32-Mbit Flash Memory for Automotive Applications
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) today announced a new and enhanced version of its 32-Mbit Flash memory chip that is intended specifically for the automotive market. Offering high-speed memory access over a wide operating temperature range, the M58BW32F fits perfectly with automotive customers' needs for powertrain and transmission- control modules, and for other high-performance automotive systems that use the latest generation of 32-bit microcontrollers.
L-3 Supports Air Force Space Telemetry, Tracking and Control Network
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Telemetry-West (L-3 Telemetry-West) division has been awarded a $9.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide the next-generation, crypto-modernization-compliant encryptor and decryptor for satellite telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C). This program will include two configurations - an embeddable solution and a standalone end cryptographic unit (ECU). L-3 Telemetry-West has partnered with L-3's Communication Systems-East (L-3 CS-East) division for this key national security initiative.
Toshiba Flows with Cadence QRC Extraction for 65nm Design
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that Toshiba has adopted Cadence(R) QRC Extraction for its most advanced 65-nanometer design flows. Cadence QRC Extraction provides silicon-accurate parasitic extraction for next-generation process nodes, including sensitivity-based and chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) model-based extraction.
Telecom Application Acceleration Seminars for Network Equipment Providers
Enea (Stockholm: ENEA.ST), the world leader in advanced device software, today announced that it has joined forces with Avnet, Data Connection, Intel, Kontron, MontaVista Software and S3, to offer a series of one-day technical seminars to help network equipment providers accelerate their application development process. These unique seminars will showcase open architecture products and technology, and highlight system architecture (hardware and software), integration and development practices that make it easier for telecom OEMs to outsource their platform design and accelerate application software development.
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